Rights, responsibilities and boundaries, made explicit.
ScopeEd’s approach is based on the purpose of each programme or project. Educational relationships, clinical access and network participation do not automatically create commercial rights.
Core principles
Responsible in design. Specific in practice.
Requirements differ by institution, jurisdiction, project and intended use. Appropriate legal, ethics, information-security and clinical review must be determined for the actual activity.
Purpose & scope
Define users, outputs, permitted uses and exclusions before programme access or scaled delivery.
Consent & permissions
Do not infer commercial or technology use from routine-care or educational documentation. Confirm requirements for the intended project.
Provenance & rights
Document contributors, source institutions and applicable rights. ScopeEd makes no blanket ownership claim over hospital or clinician material.
De-identification risk
Determine controls according to the media, accompanying information and intended use; avoid generic compliance claims.
Security & transfer
Select and document access, storage, transfer and authorised-user controls for the project.
Retention & deletion
Agree evaluation, project and post-termination handling explicitly.
Evaluation samples
Samples supplied for feasibility remain evaluation-only unless expressly included in a defined transaction.
Faculty integrity
Brief specialists on confidentiality, conflicts, task boundaries and quality expectations.
Important boundary
Education is not credentialing.
ScopeEd programmes supplement formal training and continuing development. They do not independently confer a licence to practise, institutional privileges or a mandatory professional qualification.
Access is never assumed. Rights are never implied. The intended use determines the governance.